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I don't think there's a logical flaw. I think (perhaps wrongly, as pointed out in another comment) that YC pushes people to do something way beyond their reach,
by swombat 15y ago
I don't think there's a logical flaw. I think (perhaps wrongly, as pointed out in another comment) that YC pushes people to do something way beyond their reach, but then makes up for the skills gap by providing them with incredible mentoring and connections.
So basically it extends their idea reach...
- davidw 15y agoSaying that YC pushes people to do something 'beyond their reach' is fair, but saying that it extends their reach by selecting the right people is... not consistent. Anyway, it's a good article, that's just a nitpick that jumped out at me.
- RyanMcGreal 15y agoMaybe "the right people" are those people who can take advantage of YC's capacity to extend their reach.
- davidw 15y agoProbably, but that's not quite the same thing: "YC is able to extend founders' reach by... selecting founders" says nothing about YC actually doing something to extend founders reach, merely that they're good at selecting long-reach founders. I do believe that they extend the reach of founders that they have selected, in any event.